Weather
Good morning from Majorca
It will be hot, sunny and very windy in Majorca on Friday. We are already registering 26.7ºC in Sa Pobla today.
Town halls
Mahon providing 1.5 million euros in crisis aid
Sixty-two initiatives are being planned to combat the effects of the coronavirus crisis.
Economy
Spain's GDP, battered by pandemic, to contract 9.2% in 2020 - economy minister
Unemployment for 2020 was forecast to rise to 19%, easing to 17.2% in 2021.
Tourism
Looking for a holiday? Why not visit the other Balearic Islands!
Tourism Sector offering Inter-Island Package Tour Holidays for residents of the Balearic Islands.
Tourism
Don't Go In The Water!
Swimming is still banned in the Balearic Islands because of Covid-19.
Lockdown
Britons fear leaving homes even if lockdown lifted, poll shows
More than 60% are uncomfortable to out go once restrictions are eased.
News
New study of lockdown compliance in 10 Spanish Cities
New study shows which of the 10 biggest Spanish Cities obeyed the lockdown rules and which ones did not.
News
5 more Covid-19 fatalities confirmed
The Ministry of Health confirmed 5 more coronavirus deaths in the Balearic Islands on Friday.
News
Covid-19 Death Toll below 300 for second day
Less than 300 coronavirus deaths in Spain for the second day in a row.
Town halls
Rejection of Vox Palma proposals for cuts and salary freeze
Vox also wanted cuts to spending on "ideological and non-essential" items.
Politics
'Atypical' Labour Day in the Balearics
There were no Labour Day marches and demonstrations; a virtual approach was needed.
Tourism
Government wanting tourism ERTE extension to end-October
The government argues that special treatment for the tourism sector is justified.
Holiday season
“A tourist season without millions of tourist would have been unthinkable...”
Decades of History
We Are The Champions
In the second look back at the Bulletin's almost sixty years, we highlight how sport has been covered in the paper's pages.
Majorca Mallorca
Mental Health Matters
We are all in this together, and we are all having bad days and good days, reach out and tell someone how you are feeling.
Food
Get cooking with the American chef in Majorca
The famous Spanish omelette (Tortilla de patatas).
Save The Med
We talked about buying local, now let’s start growing local!
Save the Med helps bring the sea a little closer to all of us!
Life in Lockdown
The C Word
Latest figures suggested there were around 94,000 people in a situation of social exclusion, and over 200,000 more at risk of the same. COVID-19 just made these horrifying figures multiply.
The Week In Tourism
De-escalation a disappointment for the tourism industry
The Balearic government is working with Madrid on an ERTE that is specific to the tourism sector.
Frank Talking
Who are you calling old?
I think the best thing for a person of a ‘certain’ age to do, is to ignore that fact; that’s it, ignore it and if at all possible, why not lop 5 to 10 years off your age at every opportunity, even if that takes you perilously close to puberty?
Frank Leavers